Olerasay No. 5 Straw Wine Chenin Blanc, Mullineux N.V.

The Olerasay 5° comes from the perpetual solera that imparts a secondary concentration in the winery through evaporation. This now includes vintages from 2008 to 2024. This has a less expressive bouquet compared to the '24 Straw Wine, opening gradually with smoked walnut, dried honey and wet wool scents. The palate is unctuous on the entry, a keen line of acidity maintaining freshness, lacquering the mouth with honey, fig and quince flavours. But really, it is all about the texture and decadence of this wine. Outstanding. Drink 2025-2050.

Olerasay uses raw material from the same two vineyards as the Mullineux's Straw Wine, both of which are located on the Paardeberg. Drawn from a solera that features components from every vintage between 2008 and 2024, it's very sweet, exotic and intense, with layers of pawpaw, nectarine and coconut, a rancio undertone and enough acidity to balance the 364 grams of residual sugar.